War of 1812 Flags

From the March 25, 2014, Oswego (NY) County Today "Early American Flags and British Plans to Extricate Themselves from the War of 1812 Topics of April 5."

 Textile conservator Deborah Trupin is one of 12 speakers April 4th annual Oswego War of 1812 Symposium.

She had the rare opportunity to treat the 1809 Fort Niagara garrison flag captured by the British in 1813.
She also has worked on the September 1813 "Don't Give Up the Ship" flag that flew on Perry's flagship USS Lawrence at the Battle of Lake Erie.

Her presentation is "A Tale of Two Flags: How History, Ownership and Treatment Affected the Conservation of Two Early Nineteenth Century Flags."

--Brock-Perry